The first openly gay major presidential candidate, Mr. Buttigieg rose to the primary’s top tier, but was unable to build a broad coalition of voters, and lost badly in South Carolina Saturday.
Buttigieg, who would have been America’s first gay president, had he clinched the Democratic party ticket and beaten Trump, ended his campaign for President Sunday night March 1st, ending the White House bid that catapulted the once-unknown mayor from South Bend, Indiana, to a top presidential candidate.
Buttigieg speaking on Sunday night said; “today is a moment of truth… the truth is the path has narrowed to a close, for our candidacy, if not for our cause.”
“So we must recognize that at this point in the race the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and our country together,”
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